Louis Clapisson
Antoine-Louis Clapisson (born September 15, 1808 in Naples , † March 19, 1866 in Paris ) was a French composer.
Life
Clapisson was the son of the horn player Antoine Clapisson, who was a member of the chapel of King Joachim Murat and later first horn player at the Theater of Bordeaux and from whom some compositions for horn have survived. He studied at the Paris Conservatory with Antonín Reicha and then worked as second violinist at the Paris Opera .
He composed a number of successful comic operas and was made Knight of the Legion of Honor in 1847. In 1854 he became a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts . From 1861 he taught harmony at the Conservatoire de Paris. In the following year, he was also the curator of the collection of historical musical instruments, most of which he owned and which he restored himself.
Works
- La Figurante ou L'Amour et la danse , comic opera, libretto: Eugène Scribe , Jean-Henri Dupin , WP 1838
- La Symphonie ou Maître Albert , comic opera, libretto: Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges , WP 1839
- La Perruche , comic opera, libretto: Philippe François Pinel (Dumanoir), Jean-Henri Dupin, WP 1840
- Le Pendu , comic opera, libretto: de Courcy, Pierre François Adrien Carmouche , premier 1841
- Frère et mari , comic opera, libretto: Théodore Polak , Henri Humbert , premier 1841
- Le Code noir , comic opera, libretto: Eugène Scribe, WP 1842
- Les Bergers Trumeaux , Buffo-Oper, libretto: Charles Désiré Dupeuty , de Courcy, WP 1845
- Gibby la Cornemuse , comic opera, libretto: Alphonse de Leuven , Léon Lhérie (Brunswick), premier 1846
- Don Quichotte et Sancho Pochade musicale, libretto: Félix-Auguste Duvert after Miguel de Cervantes , premiered in 1847
- Jeanne la folle , Great Opera, Libretto: Eugène Scribe, WP 1848
- La Statue équestre , comic opera, libretto: Eugène Scribe, WP 1850
- Les Mystères d'Udolphe , comic opera, libretto: Eugène Scribe, Germain Delavigne , WP 1852
- La Promise , Historiette provençale, libretto: Alphonse de Leuven, Léon Lhérie, WP 1854
- Dans les vignes , Tableau villageois, libretto: Léon Lhérie, Arthur de Beauplan , WP 1854
- Le Coffret de Saint Domingue , Opéra de salon; Libretto: Émile Deschamps , WP 1855
- Les Amoureux de Perrette , comic opera, libretto: WP 1855
- La Fanchonnette , comic opera, libretto: Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges , Alphonse de Leuven, world premiere 1856
- Le Sylphe , comic opera, libretto: Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, premier 1856
- Margot , comic opera, libretto: Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, Alphonse de Leuven, WP 1857
- Les Trois Nicolas , comic opera, libretto: Eugène Scribe, Bernard Lopez , Gabriel de Lurieu , 1858
- Madame Grégoire ou La Nuit du mardi-gras , comic opera, libretto: Eugène Scribe, Henry Boisseau , WP 1861
- La Poularde de Caux , operetta (joint work with François-Auguste Gevaert , Eugène Gautier , Ferdinand Poise , Auguste-Ernest Bazille and Sylvain Mangeant ), libretto: Alphonse de Leuven, Victor Prilleux , premier 1861
Web links
- List of stage works by Louis Clapisson based on the MGG at Operone
- Sheet music and audio files by Louis Clapisson in the International Music Score Library Project
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SURNAME | Clapisson, Louis |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Clapisson, Antoine-Louis (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 15, 1808 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Naples |
DATE OF DEATH | March 19, 1866 |
Place of death | Paris |